Psalm 73:9
Modern Translations
New International Version
Their mouths lay claim to heaven, and their tongues take possession of the earth.

New Living Translation
They boast against the very heavens, and their words strut throughout the earth.

English Standard Version
They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongue struts through the earth.

Berean Study Bible
They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues strut across the earth.

New American Standard Bible
They have set their mouth against the heavens, And their tongue parades through the earth.

NASB 1995
They have set their mouth against the heavens, And their tongue parades through the earth.

NASB 1977
They have set their mouth against the heavens, And their tongue parades through the earth.

Amplified Bible
They set their mouth against the heavens, And their tongue swaggers through the earth.

Christian Standard Bible
They set their mouths against heaven, and their tongues strut across the earth.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They set their mouths against heaven, and their tongues strut across the earth.

Contemporary English Version
They dare to speak against God and to order others around.

Good News Translation
They speak evil of God in heaven and give arrogant orders to everyone on earth,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
They verbally attack heaven, and they order people around on earth.

International Standard Version
They choose to speak against heaven; while they talk about things on earth.

NET Bible
They speak as if they rule in heaven, and lay claim to the earth.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

New King James Version
They set their mouth against the heavens, And their tongue walks through the earth.

King James 2000 Bible
They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walks through the earth.

New Heart English Bible
They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth.

World English Bible
They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth.

American King James Version
They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walks through the earth.

American Standard Version
They have set their mouth in the heavens, And their tongue walketh through the earth.

A Faithful Version
They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walks through the earth.

Darby Bible Translation
They set their mouth in the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

English Revised Version
They have set their mouth in the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

Webster's Bible Translation
They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
They set their mouth against heauen, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
For they stretch foorth their mouth vnto the heauen: and their tongue goeth through the worlde.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
They stretch forth their mouth vnto the heauen, & their tonge goeth thorow the worlde.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
They have set their mouth in the heavens, "" And their tongue walks in the earth.

Young's Literal Translation
They have set in the heavens their mouth, And their tongue walketh in the earth.

Smith's Literal Translation
They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue will go in the earth.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
They have set their mouth against heaven: and their tongue hath passed through the earth.

Catholic Public Domain Version
They have set their mouth against heaven, and their tongue has traversed the earth.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
They set their mouths in the sky and their tongue walks in the dirt.

Lamsa Bible
They have set their mouths in the sky, but their tongues drag in the dirt;

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
They have set their mouth against the heavens, And their tongue walketh through the earth.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
They have set their mouth against heaven, and their tongue has gone through upon the earth.
















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